NEVER COUNT THE DEAD may not be out in the UK yet, so I can't
compare; but I read GOD IS A BULLET last year and was bowled
over. The characterization seemed pretty well done, though
not the strongest point in the book. (I don't think that I
would offer any of them a cup of coffee in real life, but
then the whole thing obviously takes off from Manson and the
Sharon Tate murders, and I know when I'm out of my
depth.)
There is a lovely, black view of society: nobody
is clean, and the protagonist on the mean streets (or mean
country roads and parking lots, here) is as badly compromised
as the authorities. Not comforting reading. Teran has a
wonderfully visual imagination, which I like (I head that he
is a pseudonymous screen writer???). For what it's worth, GOD
received a Creasey award in the UK. (Now there's a
thought...)
Marianne
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